From September, Caves Legrand Filles & Fils will propose exclusive suitcases specially designed for air travelling. Winefit is an elegant and secured way to travel with your bottles around the world.
Designed and tailored by brasilian brand WINEFIT, those suitcases are entirely handmade and comply with international standards for liquid and alcohol air transport.
Caves Legrand Filles & Fils is the only WINEFIT point of sale in Europe: a new and exclusive product to the European market.
"Our suitcases are harmony between luxury and usefulness, between quality and design"
Marta Toledo, Winefit marketing director
The suitcases are available in 3 different designs and can be customized:
6 bottles
0,37m x 0,47m x 0,32m
Empty weight: 5,3 kg
Full weight: 13,7kg
Price: €620 (All taxes included)
12 bottles
0,37m x 0,83m x 0,32m
Empty weight: 7,2kg
Full weight: 24,0kg
Price: €800 (All taxes included)
16 bottles
0,40m x 0,83m x 0,34m
Empty weight: 8,7 kg
Full weight: 31.8 kg
Price: €900 (All taxes included)
Elegant and convenient
- artisanal manufacture
- noble raw materials
- leather handles and closings
- upright design - "2 storeys"
- suit all bottle shapes
Secure and standard
- Cordura nylon up to 4 times more resistant than a classic nylon
- shielded back wheels to bear the bottles weight
- aluminium framework entirely padded
- protection against temperature variations
- complies with international standards for liquid and alcohol air transport
Discover the Winefit suitcases now in our shop!
Chocolate chickens, fishes, pralines eggs and all kinds of Easter treats await you at our Epicerie !
To celebrate Easter, we have renewed our partnership with Maison Bonnat, the celebrated chocolatier established 1844 in Voiron en Isère.
As of today, clients who spend 80€ or more at Chez Legrand Filles & Fils (grossery store,accessory,books) can enter our Easter Tombola to be be drawn on Thursday, 24 March at 2pm. The winner receives a giant Easter egg created by Maison Bonnet (178g).
We would like to inform you that Legrand Filles et Fils will be closed on Monday, January 25th, 2016 (except for Wine School).
Thank you for your understanding.
The Legrand's team
Legrand's team wishes you a wonderful Wine Christmas !
The Legrand's team will be glad to welcome you on :
Saturday, November 1st : from 10:00 to 7:00 at the Shop / from 12:00 to 8:30 at the Comptoir
Tuesday, November 11th : from 10:00 to 7:00 at the Shop / from 12:00 to 7:30 at the Comptoir
Sundays, December 7, 14 and 21th : from 10:00 to 7:00 at the Shop / from 12:00 to 7:30 at the Comptoir.
Link to video (in french) : http://bit.ly/1kXacmM
For Legrand Filles et Fils, Jean Orliac looks back over the twenty years he, and his wife Marie-Thérèse, have spent building Domaine L'Hortus.
In the beginning there were no vines, only some abandoned terraces and rocky slopes nestled between the dramatic cliffs of Pic St Loup and the Montagne de L'Hortus. Entranced by the idyllic setting, and convinced the terroir had potential, Jean (whose grandfather was also winegrower) and his wife moved to la Combe de Fambétou in the 70s.
They started from the ground up, building everything from the winery to a family home. Over the next twenty years the couple devoted every weekend and holiday to clearing the terrain and planting their 60ha vineyard. It took ten years before they were ready to release their first vintage in 1990.
His range of wines: red, white and rosé, the ‘Grande Cuvee' Domaine L'Hortus, second label wines from the estate and also grapes and wines carefully selected from neighbouring vineyards (Bergerie de L'Hortus) are renowned worldwide and have played a major role in building international recognition for the wines of Pic St Loup.
Jean and Marie-Thérèse's four children, Marie, François, Yves and Martin have now taken up the helm and continue their parent's work with equal passion and determination.
Come and be tempted by our delicious seared filets of red mullet (sourced from Saint-Jean-de-Luz) served with carrots, red onion jam and cocoa bean sauce.
Our wine recommendation to enhance this surprising and exquisite dish is the "Vieilles Vignes" 2011 du Domaine Perrot-Minot' from Burgundy.
To see the full list of dishes and suggested wine pairings on offer this week, and to browse this month's wine list:
http://www.caves-legrand.com/en/paris/legrand-lunch-at-the-comptoir-de-degustation
Thierry Germain, winegrower at Domaine des Roches Neuves, was at Caves Legrands for our ‘Tuesday Tasting' on 11th February.
He joined Domaine Roches Neuves in 1993, switching to biodynamic cultivation in early 2000s - obtaining Biodyvin certification in 2002 - following an encounter with Francois Bouchet, a consultant and author of a textbook on bio-dynamic viticulture which taught him the importance of plant husbandry.
More than just a passing ‘fad', biodynamics is, according to Thierry, a philosophy rooted in all living things. Whilst he concedes "biodynamics is not an assurance of quality”, it has transformed his perception and understanding of plants. His yields may be altered, but so too have the balance of sugars, alcohol and acid in his wines.
These choices bore fruit when, in 2004, Thierry Germain was featured as one of Wine Spectator's Top 100 Winemakers in the world and named ‘France's best winemaker' by Revue de Vin de France in 2011.
See the video (in french) :
On 4th February, Caves Legrands welcomed Frédéric Faye, director of Château Figeac and owner of Domaine Blandine de Brier Manoncourt, for the 'Tuesday Tasting'. It was an opportunity to enjoy an exceptional vertical tasting of 10 vintages and discover more about Château Figeac.
See the video (in french) :
Every year since 1945, a great artist has illustrated the label of Château Mouton Rothschild. Thus, the most famous names in contemporary art are brought together in a collection to which a new work is added each year.
The commission for the illustration of the 2014 vintage was given to the English painter David Hockney, born in 1937. Influenced by Pop Art and a master of the most up-to-date techniques, from acrylics to the iPad, he nevertheless falls within the figurative tradition, especially portraiture, painting people and objects in bright, contrasting colours.
David Hockney was a personal friend of Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, who died in 2014 and to whom his drawing pays tribute. Haloed by vibrant lines of force, signifying both emotion and wonder, two glasses, one empty, the other full, tell the story of feverish expectation and the constantly renewed miracle of the birth of a great wine: Château Mouton Rothschild, of which Baroness Philippine was for so long the guiding spirit.
The Legrand's team will be glad to welcome you on :
- Thursday 5th of May from 10:00am to 7:30pm
The shop will be closed on Monday 16th of May.
Thanks for your understanding.
Legrand's Team
We would like to inform you that Legrand Filles et Fils will be closed on Monday, February 29th, 2016 for inventory.
Thank you for your understanding.
The Legrand's team
We wish you a very happy new year full of wonderful wine tastings !
This week, our team at Comptoir de Dégustation offer you poached lobster (sourced from "la Marée de la Baie") served warm with avocado, samphire and baby leaf salad, lotus flower crisps and spicy mayonnaise.
This delicate and refreshing salad is perfectly matched with the rich and supple Pinot Gris "Sonnenglanz" 2008 from Domaine Trapet.
For a full list of this week's specialities : http://bit.ly/1gmqEMP
This week's Tuesday Tasting played to a packed audience with all eyes riveted on Burgundy and its mythical terroirs. Christophe Roumier, come specially from Chambolle Musigny to be with us, hosted a spectacular horizontal tasting of vintage 2011 followed by a vertical tasting of Chambolle Musigny, Les Cras, 1er Cru (2010 to 2005) culminating with two Corton Charlemagne (2007 & 2011).
Representing the third generation, having joined his father in 1981, Christophe adopts an ‘organic' approach to viticulture, having been inspired by esteemed friends Dominique Lafon and Frédéric Lafarge, who were early converts to the field. Whilst he does not claim to be strictly organic in very way, he passionately believes in many it of its principals, such as limiting the use of chemical sprays, preferring instead to plough the vines, which he has found results in more diverse and abundant vegetation, healthier grapes and better extraction potential in his wines.
It this approach, together with conducting his vinifications with as little intervention as possible, which in the end allows him achieve the most pure expression of terroir in his wines.
Yesterday, our ‘Tuesday Tasting' focused on Italy. Laura Collobiano guided us on a journey to Valgiano, her 60ha domaine (20ha of which fall in the appellation of Colline Lucchesi). Located in northern Tuscany, between the Appenine Mountains and the coast, this fertile oasis is farmed biodynamically.
The assembled guests were all utterly seduced by her wines - Palistorti red, Palistorti white and the Tenuta di Valgiano red tasted across several vintages - which she describes as "a liquid expression of Valgiano and its landscapes”.
See the video (in french) :
Bruno Lorenzon, winegrower in Mercurey (Burgundy), visited Caves Legrand for a tasting showcasing his 2012 vintage.
A vintage he describes as "athletic” capable of "keeping pace with Usain Bolt”. An apt metaphor from this rugby and cycling fanatic who works his wines like a sports coach. He proudly presented his Champ-Martin, Pièce 15 and Pièce 13, which beguile with their balance, elegance and vibrant acidity. He confided in us that it was "the finest vintage he'd ever made”, one he dreams about making every year.